PE´RGAMUS
PE´RGAMUS (
Πέργαμος,
Hdt. 7.112), a fortress in the Pieric hollow, by which Xerxes passed in his march, leaving Mt. Pangaeum on his right.
It is identified with
Právista, where the lower maritime ridge forms a junction with Pangaeum, and separates the Pieric valley from the plain of Philippi. (Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 178.)
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